Tadamaru Sakuragawa
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Sakuragawa Tadamaru | |
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| Born | Tadao Hirata 2 January 1938 |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1947- |
| Website | 初代桜川唯丸思い出ページ(Japanese) |
From Osaka came the 'musical anarchist' Tadamaru Sakuragawa (桜川 唯丸, Sakuragawa Tadamaru), who sang in a style called Goshu ondo. With the backing of the now disbanded Spiritual Unity, Tadamaru broke out of the festival circuit with his only album, Ullambana, released in 1991. Ullambana is a Sanskrit word that refers to a Buddhism sutra, and is the origin of the Japanese word Urabonne whose shortened form Bon or Obon is now widely used throughout Japan. Tadamaru's music is characterized as a radical new workout of summer festival music from Kansai area of Japan.
The song Yui Maru Bushi from the album can be found here:
Tadamaru retired in 1995 and passed his name to one of his pupils who now sings as Tadamaru Sakuragawa II (二代目 桜川唯丸).
Discography[edit]
- Ullambana (1990)
References[edit]
- World Music Volume 2 Latin and North America Caribbean India Asia and: Latin and North America,...by Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham
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